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Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal connected Monday (January 19, 2026) met the U.S. Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, and American Senator Steve Daines and discussed bilateral issues.
The gathering is important arsenic India and the U.S. are engaged successful negotiating a bilateral commercialized statement amidst a steep 50% import work imposed by the Donald Trump medication connected Indian goods since August.
"Delighted to again conscionable my bully friends US Senator @SteveDaines and the US Ambassador to India @SergioGor. Had a productive speech of views connected our bilateral relationship," Mr. Goyal said successful a societal media post.
Mr. Gor, known to beryllium a cardinal subordinate of U.S. President Donald Trump's interior circle, took implicit arsenic the Ambassador recently.
In his accomplishment code connected January 12, helium asserted that some sides are actively engaged to steadfast up a commercialized deal.
The bilateral ties are strained aft Mr. Trump imposed a 50% tariff connected India, including a 25% further import work for India's acquisition of Russian crude oil.
Republican Senators Steve Daines of Montana and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota person urged President Trump to propulsion for favourable provisions for pulse crops successful immoderate aboriginal commercialized woody with India, saying American producers look a "significant competitory disadvantage" owed to what they described arsenic "unfair" tariffs imposed by New Delhi.
In a missive dated Jan 16 addressed to Mr. Trump, the 2 lawmakers said their states are the apical 2 producers of pulse crops, including peas, portion India is the world's largest consumer, accounting for astir 27% of planetary consumption.
